Daily Archives: February 11, 2011

I thought that I’d give you a break from my constantly harping on about our book, and talk a little about my past and the future of the automobile!

I think that most of you know that I’m a “Car Guy”. I have been since I was old

Driving down Big Creek Parkway

enough to sit on my Dad’s lap on Big Creek Parkway, ‘driving’ home from Church. I was 10 years old and it was a slick way to get me to church without much of a fuss! Yes, there WERE psychologists in my family. As you can see, the parkway has an asphalt surface today; back then it was ‘paved’ with large rocks – hardball-sized rocks. In fact, my Mom tried to drive on that surface as she was learning to drive. She hit the gas too hard and lost control; directly into “That Big Creek”. She never drove again.

Partially because of the fact that I love cars and partially because I love very dry British humor, I make it a point of always trying to catch a show called “Top Gear”. It comes from BBC America and it covers all things car, in a wonderfully skillful manner, and at the same time being outrageous. In fact, there is not another show on TV that I am a slave to. TV is just not that important to me; if I can learn something – fine.

Again, over the years, we have seen a constant parade of “Future Automobiles”. I’ve subscribed to Motor Trend magazine since I could afford the subscription. They have a habit of putting the contents and cover of their “…on this date, 50 years ago.” issue, inside the back cover. Sadly, I now am re-living Motor Trend’s that I first saw in my youth. That’s something that discourages me; I most likely will not see many of the ‘future cars’.